The First Ride of Wyatt Earp is an upcoming Western

Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...

 film about the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was an American gambler, investor, and law enforcement officer who served in several Western frontier towns. He was also at different times a farmer, teamster, bouncer, saloon-keeper, miner and boxing referee. However, he was never a drover or cowboy. He is most well known...

 sitting down having an interview with a reporter in Los Angeles and talks about his first ride to find the person who killed his first love. Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer

Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! , then the cult classic Real Genius , as well as blockbuster action films, including a supporting role in Top Gun and a...

 will be starring as Earp. The film is set for release on March 30, 2012 in the United States. The movie is based on the legendary Old West lawman. The film will be produced by Jeff Schenck and Barry Barnholtz and directed by Michael Feifer.

Plot

Wyatt Earp sits down with a reporter in his home. The reporter and Earp talks in an interview of how he became a famous lawman. Earp tells the story of how the legend became a fearless US Marshal. A 27 year old Wyatt Earp (Roberts) finds out that his first favorite girl, Dora Hand (DeGarmo), was murdered by a man. He goes out of town to track down the man and teams up with his friend Doc Holliday (Bethel), Bat Masterson (Dallas), Charlie Bassett (Whyte), and Bill Tilghman (Fiehler).

Cast

• Val Kilmer
  Val Kilmer
  Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! , then the cult classic Real Genius , as well as blockbuster action films, including a supporting role in Top Gun and a...
  
   as Wyatt Earp
  Wyatt Earp
  Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was an American gambler, investor, and law enforcement officer who served in several Western frontier towns. He was also at different times a farmer, teamster, bouncer, saloon-keeper, miner and boxing referee. However, he was never a drover or cowboy. He is most well known...
  
  
• Shawn Roberts
  Shawn Roberts
  -Life and career:Roberts was born in Stratford, Ontario on April 2, 1984. He started with playing the wolf in a school play of "Little Red Riding Hood" award-winning screenwriter Robert Forsythe and his friend's father helped him get a role in Emily of New Moon...
  
   as a young Wyatt Earp
• Matt Dallas
  Matt Dallas
  Matthew Joseph "Matt" Dallas is an American actor, best known for playing the titular character on the ABC Family series, Kyle XY.-Personal life:Dallas was born in Phoenix, Arizona and attended Arizona School for the Arts...
  
   as Bat Masterson
  Bat Masterson
  William Barclay "Bat" Masterson was a figure of the American Old West known as a buffalo hunter, U.S. Marshal and Army scout, avid fisherman, gambler, frontier lawman, and sports editor and columnist for the New York Morning Telegraph...
  
  
• Wilson Bethel
  Wilson Bethel
  Wilson Bethel is an American actor and the son of American author Joyce Maynard. Bethel is best known for his role as Ryder Callahan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless; he has been playing the role since 2009...
  
   as Doc Holliday
  Doc Holliday
  John Henry "Doc" Holliday was an American gambler, gunfighter and dentist of the American Old West, who is usually remembered for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral...
  
  
• Daniel Booko
  Daniel Booko
  Daniel Paul Booko is an American actor and Model. He has had roles in The O.C, Hannah Montana, and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, as well as in the film Bratz: The Movie. Born to Pastor Paul Booko of Riverside Church in Three Rivers Michigan...
  
   as James "Spike" Kenedy
• Scott Whyte
  Scott Whyte
  Scott Whyte is an American actor who is best known for his role on City Guys where he portrayed Chris, one of the main characters...
  
   as Charlie Bassett
• Steven Grayhm as Sam Kenedy
• Levi Fiehler as Bill Tilghman
  Bill Tilghman
  William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman was a lawman in the American Old West.-Early life :Bill Tilghman was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on July 4, 1854. He became a buffalo hunter at age 15 and claimed he killed over 1000 bison over his five years of activity...
  
  
• Trace Adkins
  Trace Adkins
  Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
  
   as Miflin Kenedy
• Diana DeGarmo
  Diana DeGarmo
  Diana Nicole DeGarmo is an American singer and Broadway actress. She finished as the runner-up on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol, narrowly missing the win by about 2% out of over 65 million votes...
  
  as Dora Hand, Earp's first love.

External Link

• http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118034022